Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Deuteronomy 5:15
Remember that thou wast a servant, and therefore art highly obliged both to serve that God who redeemed thee, especially upon his own day, and not to grudge thy servants their rest upon that day.
Remember that thou wast a servant, and therefore art highly obliged both to serve that God who redeemed thee, especially upon his own day, and not to grudge thy servants their rest upon that day.
Verse Deuteronomy 5:15. _AND REMEMBER THAT THOU WAST A SERVANT_] In this and the latter clause of the preceding verse Moses adds another reason why one day in _seven_ should be sanctified, viz., that...
Compare Exodus 20 and notes. Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats them, with a certain measure of freedom and adaptation. Our...
II. THE EXPOSITION OF THE LAW, EXHORTATIONS AND WARNINGS, BLESSING AND CURSE 1. The Proclamation of the Decalogue Chapter S 4:44-5:33 _ 1. The introductory words (Deuteronomy 4:44)_ 2. The law pro...
Yahweh's covenant (Deuteronomy 4:13 *) with Israel at Horeb (Deuteronomy 1:2 *) and its obligations (Deuteronomy 5:6). With D's version of the Decalogue ...
AND REMEMBER.. parenthetical break in Moses' recital, in view of their shortly having servants of their own. THROUGH. by....
The Fourth Commandment as in Exodus 20:8-11 with the following differences:...
A different reason for the keeping of the Sabbath from that given in Exodus 20:11. It is relevant to D's addition in the previous _v_., and at first seems intended only to enforce the extension of the...
_VER._ 14, 15. _THAT THY MAN-SERVANT AND THY MAID-SERVANT MAY REST, AS WELL AS THOU_— Mercy towards men, as well as piety towards God, was, as we learn from this, one great reason for the institution...
A. THE NATURE, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVENANT MADE AT SINAI (Deuteronomy 5:1 to Deuteronomy 11:32) 1. THE TEN WORDS REVIEWED (Deuteronomy 5:1 to...
_AND REMEMBER THAT THOU WAST A SERVANT IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND THAT THE LORD THY GOD BROUGHT THEE OUT THENCE THROUGH A MIGHTY HAND AND BY A STRETCHED OUT ARM: THEREFORE THE LORD THY GOD COMMANDED TH...
THE REPETITION OF THE DECALOGUE This chapter repeats the Law of the Ten Commandments given on Mt. Sinai with the circumstances of its delivery: see Exodus 20, and the notes there....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 Then Moses called together all the *Israelites and he spoke to them. ‘People in *Israel, h...
(12-15) The language of this commandment is identical with the form it takes in Exodus only so far as the 13th and 14th verses are concerned; and even here the special mention of the ox and the ass is...
וְ זָכַרְתָּ֞֗ כִּ֣י ־עֶ֤֥בֶד הָיִ֣֨יתָ֙ ׀ בְּ...
THE DECALOGUE-ITS FORM Deuteronomy 5:1 AS the fourth chapter belongs to the speech which concludes the legislative portion of Deuteronomy both in contents and language (see chapter 23), we shall pass...
THE DECALOGUE REPEATED Deuteronomy 5:1 The Law of God is for “ _all_ Israel.” None are exempt. “Not with our fathers” means not with them _only;_ Moses also uses the expression because many of the re...
Continuing the introductory part of the great discourse, Moses called on all Israel to attend to "statutes and judgments." In addition to these words, he later employed the word "testimonies." The thr...
_Therefore. This is another reason why the Jews were to observe the sabbath with particular rigour. The institution of a day of rest every week, (Haydock) was intended to preserve the memory of the cr...
I hardly think it necessary to comment upon these commandments afresh, after what was offered on this subject in the Commentary for the 20th Chapter of Exodus. I would only beg to point out to the Rea...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5, 6, AND 7. In chapter 5 Moses reminds them of the ten commandments given in Horeb; and it is to be remarked, that the deliverance out of Egypt (not the rest...
AND REMEMBER THAT THOU WAST A SERVANT IN THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Even a bondservant; for Egypt was an house of bondage, and there the Israelites were made to serve in hard bondage; of which they are re...
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and [that] the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded t...
1 The Couenant in Horeb. 6 The ten Commandements. 22 At the peoples request Moses receiueth the Law from God. 1 AND Moses called all Israel, and sayd vnto them, Heare, O Israel, the Statutes and Iu...
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord, thy God, brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm, an expression denoting the exercise of...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AS GIVEN ON SINAI...
A REVIEW OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-22) At the beginning of the wilderness journey God had given Israel the ten commandments. Now at the end of the journey it was necessary that these same comman...
6-22 There is some variation here from Deuteronomy 5:20 as between the Lord's prayer in Deuteronomy 5:6 and Deuteronomy 5:11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the wor...
"And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgements which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them." Let us carefully note...
Deuteronomy 5:15 remember H2142 (H8804) slave H5650 land H776 Egypt H4714 LORD H3068 God H430 brought H3318 ...
THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT OF YAHWEH (DEUTERONOMY 5:6). Having provided the context he now expands on the basic covenant. At this point the pronouns change from plural to singular until Deuteronomy 5:2...
CONTENTS: New generations taught the Mosaic covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Many have their consciences startled by the Law, who are not purified (Deuteronomy 5:29). Promises are made...
Deuteronomy 5:4. _The Lord talked with you face to face._ That is, as the Chaldaic reads, _talked to us,_ without a mediator; but literally, they saw no similitude. His voice was loud, for all the nat...
_Keep the Sabbath day._ THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT I. Here is resting from ordinary employments. When a man does his work, his thoughts and tongue and hands are engaged in it. Consequently, on this day o...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 5:1__ These verses restate the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1). The detailed laws recorded later, in...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 5:15 In Exodus 20:11, Israel is told to keep the SABBATH as an imitation of God’s rest after the creation (see...
CRITICAL REMARKS.—The Deuteronomy, or second law, is now given and enforced. But Moses refers to the covenant relation between Jehovah and Israel, and recapitulates the Sinaitic code in its most impor...
EXPOSITION THE DECALOGUE THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT, THE ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE LAW, AND THE CONDITION OF LIFE AND FELICITY....
Now to chapter 5. AND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the judgments, that you may learn them, and keep them, and do them (Deuteronomy 5:1). So these thr...
Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 16:12; Deuteronomy 24:18; Deuteronomy 4:34;...
How could Moses alter the wording of the Ten Commandments from that which God spoke to him? PROBLEM: In Deuteronomy 5:6-21 Moses repeats the Ten Commandments to Israel. In reviewing the covenant which...